Scary-good Nutella cupcakes! Happy Halloween!

Here's some scary cupcakes in the spirit of Halloween. I actually had a terrifying nightmare of spiders after making these.  These nutella cupcakes literally made me wet myself a couple of times over!

Nutella is one of my favourite things in the world.  My JERK boyfriend (just kidding, he's awesome) bought me a jar about two weeks ago.  After polishing it off with a spoon within a day or two, I was INSPIRED, albeit a couple of pounds heavier. 

I followed a nutella cupcake recipe- but after doing this I decided that the delicious nutella flavour that I yearn for was lost once baked. But have no fear- I injected these bad boys with nutella, then made a nutella-based frosting.  They were amazing! (Obvs!) But in retrospect next time I'll probably just follow my favourite chocolate cupcake recipe, inject the centres with nutella, and slather on that delicious nutella frosting! The shortening I added makes it healthier.  Or something. 

I dyed some fondant black, and made some spooky shapes.  Took the better half of an afternoon, but I had fun doing it!  Again, these are shot from some ghetto cameras, so the photos don't really do them justice.

Here's the Nutella Frosting recipe- use on toast, to dip fruits and veggies in, stir some in your tea, or just decorate a cupcake:

• 1 cup Nutella
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3-4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup milk (add slowly)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Put the creamer attachment on your mixer, mix first two ingredients until incorporated. Mix in powdered sugar and milk, one at a time, alternating until you reach your desired consistency. Mix in vanilla- enjoy!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Trick-or-treat, I made you something good to eat!

Today marks the day of All-Hallows-Eve. A wonderful day of the year, indeed! In previous years, it was a day where common activities included trick-or-treating, carving jack-o'-lanterns, apple bobbing and watching horror films.

In more recent years, it is synonymous with dressing as offensively/promiscuously as possible, while drinking as much as humanly possible. Resulting in good times with friends!

Here are some vanilla-buttercream lolli-cakes I made to honour one of my favourite days of the year, featuring the likeness of everybodies favourite Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington:

Creepycakes

Here are some tasty raspberry-vanilla cupcakes I made in honour of Halloween as well as in honour of Jamie- who abandoned ship at my work and is now on his way to Alberta. You'll be missed, Jamie!!




These cupcakes made me 45 minutes late for work, so we had a very unprofessional photo-shoot.. What of it!